War Crimes Trials: justice or revenge?

Australia was at the forefront of attempts to bring Japanese officers to account for war crimes committed during World War 2, with 138 Japanese officers executed as a result of the Australian run trials. Our government even wanted to try Japan's World War 2 Emperor, Hirihito. Adam Wakeling, author of Stern Justice spoke to Philip Clark on Nightlife about the way Australia pursued Japan after 1945.